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Is the constantly talking about being trans in leftist spaces not also fueling the over focus on trans people?

So no one thinks I'm a troll, I completely support trans people doing whatever the fuck they want with their bodies. And I don't mind seeing trans stuff. But with that said, I feel like the hundreds and hundreds of posts I see about trans people is not helping. Going off like this site and a few others I browse you'd think trans people are like 40% of people instead of more like 2%.

I feel like constantly putting them in the spotlight, even to say you support them is just contributing to this "trans awareness burnout" I hear about in a lot of my non-leftist conversations. I mean i almost never see posts saying stuff like "I support indigenous Americans/homeless people/etc". And not because we don't, but because it's so obvious we don't feel the need to talk about it. Shouldn't trans people be the same way?

Anywho I'd love to hear thoughts, change my mind or kneel to my clearly superior intellect and dialectical understanding. :kubrick-stare:

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  • Bruh wtf is “trans awareness burnout." Anybody who gets" burned out" by seeing "I love my trans comrades" is never going to be a comrade. The very existence of trans people is under attack in the United States; the internet by and large is hostile to the mere presence of trans people. Pretending that that's not the case, simply not speaking, not forcefully making space, that's not what we're about here. This post has a big "All Lives Matter" energy to it. Should we not say Black Lives Matter even though in the US they're a minority? What would you think about somebody who has "Black Lives Matter burnout"? Apply that same lense to trans awareness and you'll understand why we're so vocal here.

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